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HE Brassocatlelias. now form a considerable group, and it is interesting 
to recall the fact that the earliest of them appeared just eighteen 
years ago. It was raised in the collection of the late Sir Trevor Lawrence, 
Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. White), and received an Award of 
Merit from the R.H.S. in December, 1897. It was then remarked (Gard. 
Chron., 1897, ii. p. 438) that among the exhibits that were remarkable was 
‘ Brasso-Catt-Lzelia x Lindleyana-elegans (Brasso-Cattleya x Lindleyana 
xX Lelio-Cattleya x elegans, a hybrid that forms an idea of the complica- 
tion in form of flower and leaf, &c., likely soon to arise. It bore an 
inflorescence of. pretty flowers, with blush-white sepals and petals and dark 
purple labellum.” In our own report, and in a subsequent note, the 
generic name was simplified to Brassocatlelia (O.R., 1898, pp. 30, 46), in 
accordance with the rule for compounding such generic names, and some- 
what later it become Brassocatlelia Lawrencei (0.R., x. p. 86), under the 
rule that specific names should consist of a single word. Later innovations 
have changed the generic name, successively, into Brasso-Lelio-Cattleya, 
Lelio-Brasso-Cattleya, and Brasso-Cattleya-Lzlia, which, however, have 
neither priority, rule, nor brevity to recommend them, and may be passed 
over. 
When the Orchid Stud-Book was published the number of Brasso- 
catlelias had grown to ten, and the number has now greatly increased, so 
that an enumeration of the additions will be interesting. It will be noticed 
that the hybrids Brassavola X Lzliocattleya, Cattleya x Brassolelia, and 
Lelia x Brassocattleya come under the same name. 
Bei. ALBATROSS (BI. Veitchii x C. Mossiz), O.R., 1914, P- 216.—Flory 
& Black. June, ror4. 
Bc. ARIEL (Bc. Leemanie x L. purpurata), O.R., 1914, P- 58.— 
Flory & Black. Jan. 1914. 
Bet. AstartTe (B. Digbyana X Lc. Martinetii), O.R., 1912, Pp. 340. 
Sander & Sons. Oct. 1912. 
BcL. BEARDWOODIENSIS (B. Digbyana X Lc. Violetta), O.R., Ig12, p- 
220.—Col. J. Rutherford. May, 1912. 
Bex. Braucis (Bc. Leemanie xX Lc. Fournieri), O.R., 1913, P- 87.— 
Ch. Maron. Oct. rg1r. 
Bc. Cookson (BI. Gratrixie X C. Dowiana), O.R., 1909, 
N.C. Cookson. Feb. 1909. 
Bei. DieTRICHIANA (Bc. Leemania x C. Fabia), 0.R., 1910, P- 209-—~ 
Ch. Maron. March, IgIo. Z 
Le. Dietrichiana, Trib. Hort., 1910, p- 194, t- 20I. 
THE BRASSOCATLALIAS. 
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